About this lot

Description

English School, 18th century

A study after an antique bust
inscribed in later hand 'from the Kerrich colln. Soc. Antiqu.' (to the mount)
with another study of the same subject to the verso
red and black chalk on laid paper, foolscap watermark
18 x 14cm;
together with An etching of a rocky river landscape by Jane C Hayles (fl. 1792-1804) dated 1793,
inscribed in the plate 'From a Drawing by Gisbert van [sic] Hondecoeter in the possession of Mr Kerrich'
11 x 16cm (two)



Provenance:
By repute from the collection of Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828)



Footnote:

Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828) was a clergyman, amateur artist, collector and principal librarian at Cambridge University. He was a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

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